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2014-05-13
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The next cafehopping stop: Yellow Cup Coffee at Central Square! One of the strangest locations for cafes, but when you push through the glass doors, you'll be in another place.Cool and cozy with soft, thoughtful touches of home at every corner, this cafe scores points for making their customers feel at ease. It is themed vintage and screams of hipster everywhere, with pops of their iconic yellow in furniture and specks of sunny decoration.The baristas seemed young but she knows that when it come
Cool and cozy with soft, thoughtful touches of home at every corner, this cafe scores points for making their customers feel at ease. It is themed vintage and screams of hipster everywhere, with pops of their iconic yellow in furniture and specks of sunny decoration.
The baristas seemed young but she knows that when it comes to coffee, it is never just coffee. Yellow Cup Coffee has two origins for their coffee beans, Nicaragua and El Salvador. She quickly explained to me the difference between these two: the Nicaragua coffee beans were more chocolate-based but the El Salvador was more fragrant. I chose the latter after she recommended it as her personal preference. Well, picking the favourites of baristas can't be wrong.
Turns out - beyond the super adorable coffee art, the coffee at Yellow Cup was fantastic. It was a smooth blend, very fragrant, a little heavier on the caffeine taste than chocolate taste, not too bitter nor acidic... I guess they found the balance between everything and created a magical brew. So lovely, I am tempted to have another right now.
The twin salmon nest waffles - their strangest savoury waffles, sparks of creativity. The waffle base wasn't well-made, this was a straightforward conclusion after biting into an excess of baked batter that was really tasteless and full of baking soda. It was crispy, but that alone really wasn't enough as there was no fluffy to talk about. To their credit, it might be because I took some time to take photos, but you can't lose much taste to time. The salmon was well salted and the running egg yolk was lovely to take artistic shots but beyond that, it doesn't complement the waffles.
Given how much effort and thought they have put in to decorate the cafe and also invent flavours for their menu, I'm sure they are one of those that deserve to go a long way in the cafe industry. Experimenting is good, but hopefully they find a dish that they can call their own soon.
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